单词 | thankfully |
释义 | thankfullyadv. I. In a thankful manner. 1. a. With thankfulness; with thanks; gratefully. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > [adverb] to thankOE thankfullyc1000 in (on) thankc1400 grately1533 gratefully1548 thankly1605 c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints (1890) II. 198 Þa ongeat eustachius þæt seo fore-sæde costnung him ða æt wæs and þancfullice hi under-feng. c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 130 Siþ Crist suffride þus for synne of his breþeren, þei schulden suffre þancfulli for þer own synne. 1567 Triall of Treasure sig. C I can not but thankefully render, Such commendations as is requisite to be. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. vi. 80 Yet Heauen's bounty towards him, might Be vs'd more thankfully . View more context for this quotation 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 74 He accepted, thankfully, all my Presents. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 365 We will desire the one to give their instructions freely, and the others to receive them thankfully. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adverb] > graciously holdec1000 holdelyc1000 sweetly?c1225 courteouslyc1290 graciouslyc1384 favourably1388 thankfully1513 handsomely1542 officiously1604 graciousa1617 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid i. ix. (heading) How Eneas with all his rowt bedene War thankfullie ressavit of the quene. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 90 The king grantit the same verray thankfullie. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. *v Receaue thankfully this my laboure. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adverb] sweetlyc900 queemlyOE lustly971 winlyc1000 sootlya1125 to (a person's) queemc1175 lustilya1225 avenantlya1375 pleasinglya1398 queema1400 beinc1400 farrandlyc1400 pleasantlyc1400 pleasantlya1425 queemfullyc1425 thankfullyc1480 greablyc1500 dulcely1508 dulcea1525 pleasant1553 agreeably?1567 pleasurably1580 sugarly1587 flattering1597 sweet1597 attractively1640 well-pleasingly1645 welcomely1646 flatteringly1661 relishingly1677 satisfyingly1743 sweetsome1799 smilingly1806 dulcetly1810 gratifyingly1822 honeyedly1832 enjoyably1877 suavely1883 congenially1884 a fair treat1884 c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 877 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 88 He liffit sa thankfully to god and mane. 1482 Exch. Rolls Scotl. IX. 284 (note) That ye redily and thankfully content and pay to the said Johne..the said yerely pensioun. 1500 Exch. Rolls Scotl. XI. 266 (note) That ye cause hir to be thankfullie pait of hir said pension. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Placabiliter, thankefully, contentfully. 1576 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1833) I. 16 The prices tharof salbe thankfullie allowit to ȝow in ȝour comptis. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > [adverb] > freely gratis1477 thankfully1552 gratuitlya1586 baksheesh1917 mahala1941 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Thanckfully, or for nothynge, or without rewarde or deserte, but onelye for gramercye, gratim. II. As a sentence adverb. 4. Let us be thankful (that); one is thankful to say. Originally U.S.This use as a sentence adverb, like hopefully adv. 2, is deprecated by some writers. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > [adverb] > let us be thankful that thankfully1966 1966 in W. Follett Mod. Amer. Usage 170/1 The ‘suicide needle’ which—thankfully—he didn't see fit to use. 1969 Chatelaine July 1/1 Thankfully there are fewer movies to endure in which the men have all the lines. 1976 Shooting Mag. Dec. 41/2 An alarming safety situation..caused many a raised eyebrow but thankfully nothing worse. 1980 New Society 3 Jan. 33/2 But thankfully social workers will plod on, hopefully with small regard for new fashions. 1982 Daily Tel. 30 Aug. 8/4 Thankfully, however, the old style has not entirely disappeared. 1983 Times 11 Nov. 2/4 Aldabra Island in the Indian Ocean, where man ‘has thankfully failed to establish himself’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adv.c1000 |
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